Digitalisation is in the news. Recent topics include whether Google’s LaMDA system shows sentience, and on the legal and other issues raised when robots or AI systems have agency (defined…
Category: Technology
Construction 2050: The Future Material Requirements of the Construction Sector
Innovate UK KTN, Innovate UK and BRE arranged an online workshop and networking event on 24th March 2022 to discuss Future Materials in the context of Net Zero. A recording…
The future of AI
This is a much-edited version of a presentation given at APEC’s recent “Industry 4.0: Enabling Technologies and Inclusive Digitization for Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery in APEC Value Chains” online conference.…
AI and Financial Services
Artificial intelligence has a decades long-history with the financial services industry – the two fields share not only a symbiosis in pushing forward domestic and international progress, but also, in…
4th Industrial Revolution - trends
Last month we were pleased to have the opportunity to talk at a symposium on Technology Roadmaps to Promote Industry 4.0 in Developing APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Economies. Our session…
EU paper on AI - Critique
Last week, the European Commission proposed a European approach to AI. To gauge the utility of the stated approach, what better benchmarks to reference than the ‘proposed key actions’ outlined…